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A Puzzling Secret Identity
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Accomplished SPH Administrator to Lead Graduate School
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U.S. News Ranks UMD Graduate Programs Highly
News Articles
It's the Identities, Stupid: Our Civic Responsibility to Engage
By: William Howell In an early-August radio interview, white supremacist Jason Kessler rejected the labels of “white supremacist” and “white nationalist,” instead calling himself a “civil and human rights advocate focusing on the under-represented Caucasian demographic.” Alongside racist assertions about the intelligence of different ethnic groups, Kessler managed to stress that “there's really no place that it's OK for me to speak” about “what interests are important to [white people] as a people.” [1] And, to some limited degree, he has a point.
Welcome from the Dean
By Dean Steve Fetter Welcome to GradTerp Forum: A Blog on the Research, Scholarship, and Practice of the graduate community at Maryland. This year marks the centennial of graduate education at the University, and we launch this blog as part of our celebration. GradTerp Forum celebrates the fearless research and work of our graduate students.